Hello people I am new to this site and i would appreciate it if someone could answer me a question.
I have bought some Overwintered Electric red onions, I planted these ont last day of october these sets are under a small polytunnel int garden bought it from Wyevale for £18.
Have i planted them too late or will they be o.k.
Look forward to a replie....Graham...(Halifax,W Yorks) ???
we've only just planted our overwintering onions so I reckon they'll be fine :)
Mine went in on 29th Oct, so I hope it's OK. There was a lot on the forum about them I hope so. I did the same thing at the same time. No polytunnel but they are already sending up shoots
I used to keep ferrets Jim had to get shut of em thou. used to go ferreting up dales, Malham, Settle etc.
But me wife made me get rid!, she moaned about em all the time.
Thanks for your replie.. Much appreciated Graham ;)
Blimey, foreign language going on there! ;)
Thanks to the lovely Growmore :-* :-* :-* my hunion sets settled nicely into their Essex home at the start of last week.
Well... am overwhelmed wit response av got, thanks very much to everyone whose replied very nice of you all indeed.
Best Regards, Graham.
Quote from: Halifax Town AFC on November 08, 2006, 17:39:42
Hello people I am new to this site and i would appreciate it if someone could answer me a question.
I have bought some Overwintered Electric red onions, I planted these on the last day of october these sets are under a small polytunnel int garden bought it from Wyevale for £18.
Have i planted them too late or will they be o.k.
Look forward to a replie....Graham...(Halifax,W Yorks) ???
I have just bought some Electric red onions from my local garden centre and will plant them in the next couple of days or so. I also bought some Radar and Senshyu Yellow. The packets show they should be planted in Autumn so I would take that to mean plant between 21st September and 20th December. :-\
Welcome to the site Halifax Town AFC. You will find people very pleasant and helpful on here. ;D ;D
The earlier the better, but if you put them in now, you'll get onions, even if they're a bit small. Leave it much later and they won't establish well enough before the cold weather to do anything.
planted at this time of year I'd be tempted to give them a little cover - fleece or cloche :)
I planted some silvermoon sets around mid October. They started to sprout now, but very slow compared to my garlic Germidour, which are already 2 inch high.
SS= I have put the onions under a small polytunnel about 3 meters long and about 1 foot high, would this be alright? also how often do you feed onions and would it be o.k to use a liquid fertiliser.
thanks, graham
Quote from: growmore on November 08, 2006, 18:13:55
If ar lass said its me or thee ferrets :( Decisions decisions.. We'd reach a compromise. She'd ev to lern to go darn oils and freeten rabbits art... ;)
Cheers Jim.
I live around two miles from Halifax but didn't understand a word of that. :o
If ar lass said its me or thee ferrets Decisions decisions.. We'd reach a compromise. She'd ev to lern to go darn oils and freeten rabbits art...
Cheers Jim.
He said if are lass said its me of the ferret, we'd reach a compromise. she'd have to learn to go downt holes and frighten the rabbits out. ;D
the only thing we give our onions is a dose of chicken manure pellets, in spring :)
I've put my overwintering onions and garlic in yesterday, I've only had my allotment since mid August, so it has taken me that long to clear it enough to have an area to plant into!
The weather is still quite mild, so I think a few weeks late at this point hopefully isn't going to make much difference, although the total growing time will be slightly less overall. I'm just happy to get something in the ground at last!!
Quote from: supersprout on November 09, 2006, 08:51:30
planted at this time of year I'd be tempted to give them a little cover - fleece or cloche :)
Would a good surrounding of straw (but not covering the onion tips) be suitable as an alternative or do they have to have abit more protection? Just curious as mine when in two weeks ago and are starting to do their thang.
I planted two lots at the same time 3 weeks ago - one uncovered and the other strawed. Both lots are sprouting but I suppose it's too early to tell which will turn out best.
Quote from: Halifax Town AFC on November 09, 2006, 09:30:20
SS= I have put the onions under a small polytunnel about 3 meters long and about 1 foot high, would this be alright? also how often do you feed onions and would it be o.k to use a liquid fertiliser.
sounds great.
I don't feed until March or April, then it's chook pellets (the Rooster organic ones)
Barnowl, would love to hear how your experiment turns out :)
I planted my onions about 7 weeks ago they are about 4 inches high, now the cold weather is coming I was wondering about covering them as I haven't done winter onions before. The advise I was given on the plot is just leave them they will look after themselves, I even watered them last night as with haven't had any rain for over a week and the ground looked bone dry. P.S just had a red onion, parsnips, carrots, celeriac, cabbage and roast potatoes for dinner but didn't grow the chicken Gutted.
May the corn be with you.
we just had a stir fry, same problem with the chicken :)
There must be a way of growing them scousers keep your ear to the ground and if you hear anything give us a shout.
May the corn be with you.
I've never found the need to cover over wintering onions,they are winter hardy, they take whatever the weather throws at them ;) shades x
me too neither, they look real pretty sticking through the snow :)
Thank you both for that, I thought winter hardy onions could look after themselves cant wait for the snow now.
May the corn be with you.